Hat-clamp.



1. c. WAGNER.

HAT CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 6. i917.

' 1,277,276. Patented Aug. 27,1918.

INVENTOR Q1 61 Wag/zen WITNESS imrrnn STATES PATnNr OFFICE.

JOHN G. WAGNER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO;

HAT-CLAMP.

Application filed February 6, 1917. Serial No. 147,028.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. VAGNER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat- Clamps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for retaining a hat or cap upon the head of the wearer. p

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to produce a hat clamp that may be readily arranged in retaining position upon the sweat band of the hat and which includes spaced spring members designed to exert an inward. tension with respect to the hat whereby to engage with the head of the wearer of the hat or cap and securely retain the hat or cap when so positioned against danger of accidental displacement from any cause.

It is also my purpose to produce a retaining clamp for bats which shall be of an extremely simple construction, cheap to manufactl'lre, ornamental in appearance and thoroughly eflicient for the purpose intended.

With the above and other objects in view the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the application of the improvement,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view looking toward the bottom of a hat provided with the improvement, a portion of the hat band being broken away, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the improvement removed from the hat.

The improvement is applicable to mens or boys hats or caps of any description, and in the drawing the same is illustrated in connection with the sweat band of a hat.

The hat is indicated by the numeral 1 and the sweat band by the numeral 2, while the improvement is broadly indicated by the numeral 3. The improvement as illustrated by the drawings is constructed of a single strip of fiat resilient metal. The metal strip 3, at the ends and at the center thereof, is formed with flat finger members 5 that extend in the same direction from one of the edges of the said strip, and these fingers are bent upon themselves over the strip projecting a suitable distance from the opposite edge of the strip upon which they are formed. The outer ends of these fingers are preferably bent upon themselves, as at 6, and the said fingers comprise the spring elements which are adapted to contact with the head of the wearer to retain the hat thereon. The strip I between the fingers 5 and upon the said edge thereof from which the fingers extend is provided with additional extensions 7 the same being bent upon themselves to form hooks 8, and these hooks, when the strip is bent to conform to the shape of the hat, are adapted to engage over the inner edge of the hat band, the said hooks embodying a natural amount of resiliency engaging the said band with suflicient friction to main tain the device upon the hat band.

The spring fingers project a suitable distance outward of the hat, and in applying the hat upon the head of the wearer the end or side fingers are grasped by the hand of the operator and drawn outwardly of the hat away from each other, so that the central finger will contact with the rear of the head of the wearer, and the hat brought downward over the head so that the end or outer fingers will engage with the opposite sides of the head of the wearer when released by the operator. The spring tension exerted by all of the fingers will effectively retain the hat upon the wearers head. It is to be understood that this spring tension is not sufficient to injure or annoy the wearer but is, as stated, suflicient to prevent the accidental removal of the hat from any cause. It will be also apparent that the hat may be readily removed when desired, and that the improvement may be easily attached or detached as occasion requires.

From the above description, taken in connection with the drawing, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

r 1. A hat clamp formed from a single 'strip of spring material rounded upon itself to central and end extensions, said extensions being bent upon themselves over the strip and extended below the outer edge of the strip to provide spring fingers which are disposed over the outer face of the sweat band and exert a pressure away from said sweat band.

2. A clamp for hats formed from a strip of spring material rounded upon itself to be received in the hat to the rear of the sweat hand and to conform to the shape of the hat and sweat band, said strip having extensions at its central portion and at the ends thereof, said extensions bent upon. themselves over the strip and extended beyond the outer edge of the strip to provide spring fingers which have their ends rounded and which exert an inward tension, said strip between the fingers being formed with spring hooks, and said hooks adapted to engage with the inner edge of the sweat band of the hat.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN C. VAGNER.

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